"This brother still speaks like a human being." Shumo glanced at Ye Min obliquely and said, "That's it!" Replenish your association, and I'll take all the extra people away. I've given you face. ”

Shumo also knew that it was impossible to eat alone, so with such a step, he appropriately gave way. However, Yao Liang's association originally had more than 5,000 people, and if it was fully compiled, it would be supplemented by 2,000 at most, so Shumo still ate a large amount.

"No matter what, we have no credit and hard work, so let's give us a little bit of it!" Ye Min's posture was very low, but he still didn't give an inch of land when it came to negotiations, "Master! Let's open it! Seven of us, three of you, in the end we took the risk! ”

"You said it was down. It should be me seven, you three. Wait, how did I get caught up in you? Who promised to open Sanqi? ”

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Then the two sides racked their brains and began a-for-tat negotiation. Such a negotiation is, in the final analysis, a "spoils sharing conference", and when it comes to zuihou, it is not surprising that there is a half-split. Shumo went back satisfied, but Yao Liang and the others dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. But no matter what, the road before going to Kaifeng City was cleared.

After Shumo divided a battalion to escort the old and weak women and children back to Germany, the two armies simply cleaned up the battlefield, and simply armed the captured weapons and armor for the auxiliaries, and then the Shumo Department then escorted Yao Liang's department towards Kaifeng City.

At the beginning of March, the two armies arrived at Kaifeng City. The calligraphy and ink department embarked on the return journey non-stop. Fu Sheng and Ye Min took two battalions and a chariot of more than 1,300 horses to cross the Yellow River, which had just been navigated, and headed towards Liaodong. Yao Liang, who remained in Kaifeng City, had more than 7,500 people.

The task of rescuing Kaifeng City this time seemed to have been successfully completed, but as soon as Yao Liang arrived, he immediately encountered something strange - Kaifeng City did not let him enter the city. weishenme？ Very ridiculous reason. Because Yao Liang brought too many soldiers and horses to Kaifeng City.

At this time, there were only 9,000 men and horses of Chen Yongfu in Kaifeng City, so where did the officials in the city dare to let Yao Liang's army enter the city? In case they plague the place, there is not even a liliang in the city to suppress Yao Liang. Therefore, there is a reason for the concerns of officials in Kaifeng City.

But in this way, Yao Liang was not happy. Seeing that the siege of Kaifeng City had been lifted, Yao Liang proposed: take 100,000 taels of hard money, and they will return to Runing immediately.

But the officials of Kaifeng City also refused to settle accounts with the Runing Army. In addition to paying 20,000 taels first to make Yao Liang'an feel at ease, the remaining 80,000 taels refused to come out. What about weishenme? It's a very simple reason: Chuang Camp has just left Kaifeng City, in case the Runing Army takes the silver back, Chuang Camp will come back with a horse pistol, and then Kaifeng City will be called heavenly.

So Kaifeng City has always supplied Yao Liang's troops with good wine and meat. In terms of supply, Yao Liang was not treated badly. Even Guan Kesong was sent to the labor army in the city, wanting to use his influence on the Runing army to appease Yao Liang's troops. As for whether it will have an effect, God knows.

So in this case, the Henan government also pinched its nose and recognized the cause of Chen Zhongzhi's death, and turned a blind eye to the annexation of Chen Zhongzhi's troops by the Runing Army. And Yao Liang has never received an order from Runing to return to the building. So I could only stay helplessly.

Let's not mention Yao Liang, who is sad and urges Kaifeng. Let's talk about Li Zicheng's camp first!

When the broken He Shaoqi was defeated, he went to the rear to gather his troops. Shut it down overnight. Only to find that more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded and fled from the camp. Interestingly, if you calculate according to the battle loss ratio, this time it should actually be regarded as a victory for the camp.

However, after the defeat, He Shaoqi would definitely not play this kind of numbers game. When he learned the reason for the defeat from the fleeing soldiers, He Shaoqi did not dare to linger any longer. Don't look at the soldiers and horses of He's banner, if the banner of the Runing Army appears again, those Henan soldiers will still flee in the wind. So in the early morning of the next day. He immediately rushed to the camp with the defeated army.

And with such a big gap behind him, the generals who broke into the camp immediately panicked. Not only for the threat of Yao Liangbu, but also for the fear of Niu Jinxing's misjudgment. In case the Runing army is really preparing for a decisive battle with the camp, then choose the road of Ruzhou. It will be automatically on a dead end.

Then the spies' probe reassured Li Zicheng and them a little, because Yao Liang's troops did not follow, and they turned north to Kaifeng City. But even like this, it can't completely eliminate Li Zicheng's fear of a decisive battle with the Runing army in Ruzhou.

At this moment, another famous historical figure appeared, and that was Li Yan.

Li Yan, formerly known as Li Xin, is a native of Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan, and a native of Ding Mao in the year of the Apocalypse. His father, Li Jingbai, also has a saying that Li Yan is Li Jingbai's adopted son. In the early years of Chongzhen, he was convicted of "befriending close servants, and being secondary, and being sentenced to three years in prison and ransom for the people" in the Wei Zhongxian rebellion case. Anyway, Li Yan was born in a family of eunuchs.

At this time, Li Yan was a young man, he had literary talent and military strategy, plus Li Yan was generous and bold by nature, and often helped the poor; He also loves to fight grievances and uphold justice. Therefore, the people of Qixian County respectfully call him "Li Gongzi".

And when there was a great drought in Henan and the people were struggling to make a living, Li Yan went to see Song Mou, the county commander of Qixian County, and asked for the people's lives. Maybe he was young and vigorous, and there were some language conflicts with the county order, and the government at that time was anxious to ensure the "three salaries" collected by the imperial court, and he couldn't take out the extra money and grain for disaster relief, so Li Yan's request for life was unsuccessful, and he offended the county order Song.

After that, Li Yan took out more than 300 stones of grain stored at home to help the victims. On the contrary, he was accused of dispersing his family wealth privately, buying the hearts of the public to seek misdeeds, and was falsely imprisoned. However, we must pay attention to the fact that although the behavior of Song Mou, the magistrate of the county, is dirty, he is not framing Li Yan. In the feudal dynasty, private individuals were indeed not allowed to provide disaster relief without authorization. It's just that I'm afraid that someone will buy people's hearts and plot against them. Therefore, no matter how enlightened the emperor and the court are, for the sake of their own stability, they will not care about the life and death of the people.

Then there was a beautiful woman saving the hero. The "acrobat" red lady of the rivers and lakes led the starving people and gathered the crowd to kill the county order and rob the prison. After that, "strong commitment." "It's really a blockbuster with action and aiqing! But by the way, Li Yan had actually married the Tang family of a wealthy family in Qixian County before.

When Li Zicheng retreated this time, Li Yan took refuge in Li Zicheng under the introduction of his cousin Li Mu, so he joined Li Zicheng's camp and changed his name to Yan. In the first conversation with Li Zicheng, the two had a good conversation, so Li Yan was also enshrined as a military advisor.

As soon as the newcomer joins the house, he must first present a letter of submission. When he learned that Li Zicheng was distressed by the Runing Army in Ruzhou, Li Yan volunteered to go to Ruzhou as a lobbyist in person, hoping that the Runing Army would borrow a way to break into the camp. And the reason for persuading Runing Army is nothing more than words like "the bird is hiding the bow".

Li Zicheng's self-recommendation to Li Yan is, of course, very welcome. After a few polite words, Li Zicheng asked Li Yan to go to Ruzhou with heavy gifts. For Li Zicheng, Li Yan can succeed best. Even if it is unsuccessful, it will also understand the attitude of the Ru Ning Army, and Li Yan's loyalty can be verified through this matter. As for Li Yan's personal safety? Will Li Zicheng's generals, who can ruthlessly kill their wives and children, care about such a small problem?

And Li Yan's luck is quite good. When he arrived in Ruzhou, he was surprised to find that the Runing army had retreated.

Li Yan didn't know that when Xue Yongli led the troops to Ruzhou and joined Zhou Xun, on the one hand, they faced the flanking attack of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, and on the other hand, they had to free up their hands to guard those prisoners, so Ruzhou, which was vital to the peasant army, became a chicken rib for the Runing army. Therefore, Xue Yongli and Zhou Xun escorted the captives and went towards Nanyang and Runing.

Therefore, after being scared into a cold sweat, Li Zicheng's camp passed through Ruzhou smoothly and successfully joined Cao Cao and Luo Rucai's more than 40,000 horses. As soon as these two armies formed a coalition army, the peasant army became even more powerful. So Li Zicheng immediately named himself "Generalissimo Fengtian Advocate Righteousness", and Luo Rucai also named himself "General Weide on behalf of the people of Tian".

As we have learned above, the titles of marshal and general in the Ming Dynasty were almost equal, so this coalition army was also commanded by Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai, and there was no difference between the status of the two.

However, now the two-headed commander in the peasant army is not wrong, and the peasant army has not yet had time to fight for power and profit, because this coalition army thinks that they will immediately face the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court.

Although the Runing army had retreated, Zuo Liangyu had already entered Yu at this time, and Fu Zonglong had finally crossed the Yellow River. So the peasant army prepared for a decisive battle with these officers and troops. Unexpectedly, after Zuo Liangyu's troops recovered Luoyang, they also waved their troops to the south. As if he had not seen the Li and Luo coalition forces around him, he also passed through Ruzhou, passed through Nanyang, and returned to Huguang, where he was stationed.

And Fu Zonglong is going to do a face-saving project. After offending Yang Sichang and being sentenced to prison by Emperor Chongzhen, this time because of Yang Sichang's suicide, Emperor Chongzhen had to reactivate Fu Zonglong. And the person who recommended Fu Zonglong was Ding Qirui, the premier of the five provinces. However, this recommendation made Yu Zilian, who had little seniority, "how could he eat" in Nanjing.

So now Fu Zonglong is always cautious in doing things. Although the siege of Kaifeng City has been lifted, he still has to go to Kaifeng to show his face. So he also ignored the Li and Luo coalition forces for the time being, first went to Kaifeng, and then crossed the Yellow River and returned to Beizhili.

And Zuo Liangyu and Fu Zonglong's abnormal actions were nothing more than their fear of fighting with the powerful Li and Luo coalition forces. So after a short period of fright, the combined forces of Li and Luo finally had time to digest the oversized troops. (To be continued......)